Leibniz and Kant

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Although it is common to see Kant's philosophy as at its core a reaction to (and partial rejection of) the dogmatism and rationalism of Leibniz, Wolff, and their followers, it is surprising how little detailed and critical study there has been of the relation between Leibniz and Kant. How did Kant understand Leibniz's philosophy? Did he correctly understand Leibniz's philosophy? Since only a portion of Leibniz's philosophical writings were published prior to Kant's critical period, is there a “true Leibniz” that Kant did not know? Are all of Kant's criticisms of Leibniz in particular and Leibnizian rationalism in general justified? Or does Leibniz have an answer to Kant's philosophy? Moreover, how should we understand the reception of Leibniz's philosophy in 18th-century Enlightenment Germany? Leibniz and Kant seeks to examine the relation between Leibniz and Kant by collecting essays written by some of the leading scholars of the history of modern philosophy, all of whom have in common a deep knowledge of both philosophers. This anthology further aims to create a dialogue between scholars of early modern philosophy and Kantians and to fill a lacuna in historical and philosophical scholarship. The essays contained here address fundamental questions of metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophical theology in Leibniz and Kant and address Kant's understanding and interpretation of his philosophical predecessor. Cover Title Pages Acknowledgments Contents List of Abbreviations List of Contributors 1. Kant’s Leibniz: A Historical and Philosophical Study 2. How Kant was Never a Wolffian, or, Estimating Forces to Enforce Influxus Physicus 3. Breaking with Rationalism: Kant, Crusius, and the Priority of Existence 4. Leibniz on the Ideality of Space 5. Leibniz and the Transcendental Deduction 6. Bodies, Matter, Monads, and Things in Themselves 7. Kant and the (Alleged) Leibnizian Misconception of the Difference between Sensible and Intellectual Representations 8. Kant’s Amphiboly as Critique of Leibniz 9. The Teleologies of Leibniz and Kant: So Close Yet So Far Apart 10. Kant’s Theory of Divine and Secondary Causation 11. The Development of Kant’s Conception of Divine Freedom 12. Leibniz and Kant on Empirical Miracles: Rationalism, Freedom, and the Laws Bibliography Index